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A shortage of electrical transformers holds back utilities, businesses

by Andy Uhler
Nov 14, 2022
A utilities trade group has asked the Biden administration to help boost the supply.
Transformers act like an interface between the power grid and a home or business. The current shortage of transformers is frustrating for utility companies.
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Those big summer sequels may stop, one day

by David Gura
May 29, 2014
Film critic Wesley Morris says the superheroes are tired.
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The U.S. relies on transformers - and that's a little scary

by David Weinberg
Mar 13, 2014
The failure of just nine utility substations, and the closing of one factory, could blackout the entire U.S. for 18 months.
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